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(No Model.)

G.GRAY-. APPARATUS FOR DEGANTING 0R DRAWING OPP WINES OR OTHER LIQUIDS.

N0. 601,075; Patented Mar. 22, 1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE GRAY, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR DECANTlNG OR DRAWING OFF WlNES OR OTHER LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,075, dated March 22, 1898.

Application filed June 10,1897. fierial No. 640,157. (No model.) Patented in England July 16, 1896, No. 15,770.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE GRAY, a sub ject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at 114 Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for De canting or Drawing Off Wines or other Liquids, (patented in Great Britain, No. 15,770, dated July 16, 1896,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object drawing off or decanting wines and otherliquids without disturbing or agitating'it or them in any Way.

The invention consists of a pump-head, cylinder, and piston operable by hand and returnable by an inclosed spring. For the purpose I provide a cylinder with a flap or tappet valve in the piston and provide a check or non-return valve at the head of a tube which can be inserted into theliquid to be decanted. The cylinder is surrounded by a shell, to the headof which the piston-rod is affixed. It contains a spring having an abutment against the base of the cylinder and has a slot through which a spout of the cylinder projects for leading the drawn-0E liquid to a decanter, a glass, or other vessel.

My invention is clearly shown in the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the appliance as applied in or to a bottle. Fig. 2 is a general exterior view; Fig. 3, an exterior elevation of a pump and stand such as could be used when a bowl of punch or a claret-cup has to-have its contents-withdrawn.

A is the cylinder; B, a piston therein operable by the head 0 for downward thrust by the rod D and returnable by spring E, the base of which rests on the plate F; G, a flap or tappet valve on piston B to open by downward pressure only; H, a check or non-return valve at the top of the suction-tube I, which may be continued to near the bottom of the bottle K or have anextension L of any rigid or flexible material, as. desired.

The spout or draw-off nozzle M is part of the cylinder A and is just above the flange or shield N, by which the cork P is located for temporarily securing the pump in the bottle-neck; but when the pump has to be used for a bowl of punch, claret-cup, or the like and out of the nozzle.

the cork P can be slipped off the trunk R, and then by passing said trunk down within the band. S of a tripod or other shape of stand T with bottom ring T the apparatus is fit for insertion into a bowl or other vessel from which the'liquid has to be drawn.

For cleanliness and neatness I cover the upper part of the cylinder A with a cap U, which may, as in Figs. 1 and 2, have an additional cover Q of any desired design, and in which cap U is a slot V for a pin W to be guided in the up-and-down movement of the head 0.

In action by pressing down the shell the piston descends. Its valve opens to allow the contained air to pass upwardly, whereby on its return under the action of the spring said valve opens for allowing the liquid to be drawn up the leg-tube into the cylinder. At the next down motion of the piston the check-valve closesand the pist on-valve opens for the raised liquid to pass above the piston The shell by rapid pulsations enables a continuous stream of liquid to fiow through the apparatus, yet so gently that the body from which the liquid is being drawn is not disturbed or agitated, nor does the bottlesayabottle of old crusted p0rtneed tilting, as is usual, so that the wine leaves the bottle in a clear condition.

7 What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An apparatus for decanting wines and the like composed of a cylinder Ahaving an outlet nozzle or spout M, a valveHand an extension-tube L at the inlet, and a spring retaining-plate at F; a valved piston B operating with its rod D within said cylinder A, a spring E operating in the upper part of the cylinder A and controlled in its movement by the plate F and studs W engaging slots in the coverU which is fitted to the rod D and encircles the outside of the said cylinder A, all constructed and operating substantially as shown and described.

In testimony-whereof Ihave hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE GRAY.

Witnesses:

EDMUND STANHOPE SNEwIN, PERCY EBENEZER MATTOOKS. 

